GET OUT OF TOKYO: Foreign Office tells all Britons to leave toxic radiation zone as Japanese 'lose control' of stricken reactor *17000 British nationals could be evacuated as last ditch efforts are made to stop nuclear catastrophe *Rich scramble to book private jets out the country as fleeing passengers pack Tokyo airport *French say Japanese have 'visibly lost essential control' as they urge their citizens to get out Plans are being drawn up to evacuate every British national in Japan amid mounting fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Thousands of Britons were last night warned to leave Tokyo and all other areas under threat of radiation poisoning. The advice -- echoed by other countries around the world -- followed a meeting of the Cabinet's emergency Cobra committee to discuss the meltdown-threatened Fukushima nuclear plant. It heightened suspicions that the crisis at the plant -- already ranked the second-worst nuclear disaster after Chernobyl -- is worse than the Japanese authorities have publicly let on. Yesterday 'last-ditch' efforts were continuing at Fukushima to prevent a catastrophe. Last night an official at Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that radiation levels at the plant had fallen steadily over the past 12 hours. However, ministers were due to hold further talks last night on whether an immediate evacuation from Japan should be considered. About 17000 British nationals are thought to be in the country, mostly in Tokyo. Last night's Foreign ...
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